be locked in a time warp Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
on the warpath
very angry, looking for trouble He is really on the warpath today so you should stay out of his way.
warped sense of humor
thinking that weird things are funny If you laugh at cruelty, you have a warped sense of humor.
Warpath
If someone is on the warpath, they are very angry about something and will do anything to get things sorted the way they want.
on the warpath|on|warpath
adj. phr.,
informal 1. Very angry.
When Mother saw the mess in the kitchen she went on the warpath. Betty has been on the warpath ever since she found out she was not invited to the party. 2. Making an attack; fighting.
The government is on the warpath against narcotics. The police are on the warpath against speeders.
time warp
time warp A stoppage in the passage of time; also, a distortion of time whereby an event or person could hypothetically move from one era to another. For example,
Nothing in their lives has changed since the sixties; they're in a time warp, or
Having a seventy-year-old actress portray a teenager—that was some time warp! This term originated in science fiction, where it signifies “a supernatural movement from one era to another,” and came to be used more loosely. [c. 1950]
warp
warp In addition to the idiom beginning with
warp, also see
time warp.
warp and woof
warp and woof The underlying structure or foundation of something, as in
He foresaw great changes in the warp and woof of the nation's economy. This expression, used figuratively since the second half of the 1500s, alludes to the threads that run lengthwise (
warp) and crosswise (
woof) in a woven fabric.
bị khóa theo thời (gian) gian
Không thay đổi so với quá khứ, đặc biệt là theo cách cổ hủ hoặc lỗi thời. ("Time warp" đôi khi được gạch nối.) Thị trấn này cố thủ trong những lý tưởng và giá trị đạo đức ngược lại của nó, tương tự như nó bị nhốt trong một sợi dây thời (gian) gian hay lớn loại vậy! Không có gì kỹ thuật số trong nhà — bất máy tính, bất điện thoại thông minh, chỉ một máy đánh chữ và một điện thoại anchorage duy nhất. Nói về chuyện bị khóa trong một thời (gian) gian dài !. Xem thêm: khóa, thời (gian) gian, cong vênh. Xem thêm: